Pregnant woman and a man sent to hospitals following rollover crash in Merced County

A male driver and a pregnant teenage passenger were taken to separate hospitals Thursday following a single-vehicle rollover collision in Merced County, according to authorities.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the collision occurred Thursday at about 2:30 p.m. along Highway 140, near Cunningham Road.

Authorities said that the driver, believed to be in his 20s, was driving a 2002 white Ford Mustang east on Highway 140, east of Cunningham Road at an unknown speed with a 17-year-old female passenger who is 5-months-pregnant.

Officer Eric Zuniga said the driver lost control while passing another vehicle. His car went off the road, crashed through a wire fence and overturned.

The driver of the Mustang was transported to Mercy Medical Center with a laceration to his right arm and the female passenger was transported by air ambulance to a Modesto area hospital with a laceration to her head and complaints of pain, according to the CHP.

Authorities said neither drugs nor alcohol appear to be a factor in the collision.

Their identities were not immediately available.